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A Southern baked dessert of Georgia peaches under a biscuit or pie-dough crust, sometimes served with vanilla ice cream. Peak season is July to August.
Georgia produces some of the country's finest peaches; the state has been called the Peach State since the late 1800s. Pearson Farm in Crawford County and Lane Southern Orchards have run since the 19th century. Peach cobbler became the canonical Georgia dessert at Sunday tables and meat-and-three counters across the state. Mary Mac's Tea Room and Paschal's both serve a version year-round, though peak peaches arrive in July and August.
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Paschal's in Atlanta has served soul food since 1947, when brothers Robert and James Paschal opened on Hunter Street. Located in Downtown. Priced at $$.
OrderFried chicken plate with collard greens, mac and cheese, candied yams.
TipThe current Castleberry Hill location since 2002 expanded with a banquet space; the original Hunter Street site is preserved at Clark Atlanta.
Busy Bee Cafe in Atlanta opened 1947 on MLK Drive and won the James Beard America's Classics Award in 2022 for its decades of soul food service near the AUC.
OrderFried chicken with two sides; the oxtails on lunch special when available.
TipCash and card. Lunch and early dinner only Tuesday to Sunday; line forms before noon weekends.
Mary Mac's Tea Room in Atlanta opened 1945 and runs Southern Sunday dinner classics in a four-dining-room compound on Ponce de Leon, with the same recipes.
OrderPot likker with a side of cornbread, then fried chicken with three sides.
TipOrder the pot likker as a starter; it comes free with cornbread. No reservations Monday through Thursday lunch; OpenTable for dinner and weekends.
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